barrel

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U.S. oil rises 11% to $111.54 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

On Thursday, oil was trading above $110 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The June Brent contract rises 7.8% to $109.03 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, both U.S. and international crude prices soared to above $100 a barrel.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Just then one little monkey, no bigger than a small cat, climbed up onto the rim of a mash barrel.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls